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Humanity faces an extraordinary threat - why are so many of us not motivated into action?
Hooking trees up to internet-connected sensors provides a new way to study how they interact with the environment - and how the public interacts with their tweets.
Research shows climate change is already affecting the healthy psychological development of children worldwide. Children’s mental health risks will only accelerate as climate change advances.
Recent sighting of a leopard in the Campo-Ma’an National Park area of Southern Cameroon shows the importance of conservation efforts.
Canadians are faced with an unwanted election that’s placed climate progress at unnecessary risk.
High levels of lead were unexpectedly found in 14 UK schools’ drinking water: so how much do we really know about what’s in our pipes?
Africa’s Great Green Wall must immediately speed up to meet the needs of people along the edges of the Sahara Desert.
Towering trees in African tropical mountain forests are a vital, overlooked carbon store threatened by deforestation.
Less attractive endangered species don’t tend to receive the same public attention as their more beautiful counterparts: new studies show how we might help change that.
New research shows how fracking could pose a threat to surface water quality, with consequences for human and environmental health.
Biogas is often overlooked as a source of renewable energy, but it could be a solution to dealing with the 9.5 million tonnes of food waste created by the UK every year.
Private developers, building professionals and the government all share responsibility for building collapses.
As the pandemic pushes healthcare online, it’s time to stop overlooking the environmental impacts.
Pop-up spaces can be successful, they just need to be better thought through and created with urban ecology in mind rather than economics.
Clarity and care for the environment should be priorities.
Choosing to drive EVs looks more like a signal of one’s wealth and privilege than something that warrants moral praise.
Visualising climate change data in accessible ways can help convince audiences from all backgrounds about the urgency of the climate crisis.
The Caribbean has long been the gold standard for western tourism: but our image of the islands as paradises ripe for our enjoyment is harming their environment and people.
How do organisms survive extreme conditions – and how can their adaptations help us develop better technology?
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Professor, Water and Landscape Dynamics, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
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Emeritus Professor, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University
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Visiting Scientist, United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), United Nations University
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Principal Research Scientist in Extreme Weather, The University of Melbourne
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Curator, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation Biology, Australian Museum, UNSW Sydney
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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Agente de transfert de connaissances pour le Centre de recherche sur la boréalie (CREB), Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Senior Research Associate, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
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Honorary Associate Professor, ANU College of Law, Australian National University
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Research Fellow, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
